No Place for a Door But Want One? Here's a Space-Saving Alternative
Sliding pocket doors can be just the right space-saving, non-bulky solution you're looking for
A sliding pocket door is one that fits inside the wall when pushed back. It frees up crucial floor space, hides away from plain sight when not in use and offers unrestricted connectivity between spaces. Here are 10 solid examples of its versatility.
1. Pocket doors create a flexible partition in open-plan spaces. When shut, they can segregate spaces and create private areas. In this home, the sliding door separates the dining area into a cosy room. When the door slides into the wall, it allows for smooth connectivity between the rooms, as if they always were one seamless space.
2. Similarly, in this long gallery, glass pocket doors offer a hide-and-seek functionality where they make the long space look like an uninterrupted walk-through and also help create private spaces when shut off.
Browse through images of pocket doors
Browse through images of pocket doors
3. The frosted glass design adds so much pizzaz here. Sliding pocket doors also have a dramatic curtain-raiser quality to them – when sliding these open, it almost feels like one is unveiling a grand space hidden behind it. It works perfectly for this luxurious space.
4. A pair of pocket doors ensure that the pantry in the kitchen is easily accessible and can be completely hidden from sight when not in use. The pocket doors also do not take up any square footage in the small cook space.
Here’s how to bring a pantry into your kitchen
Here’s how to bring a pantry into your kitchen
5. In this compact bathroom, the wooden pocket door helps create a separate private section for the WC. If this door was a swing one, it would bang against the tub – the pocket door is therefore a smart space-saving solution.
6. Apart from partitioning rooms, pocket doors can be used on closets and almirahs. The door completely hides the wardrobe from plain sight when shut and acts as a mirror wall. Inside this small bathroom, it cleverly separates two sections without eating into the floor space.
Check out these clever designs for small bathrooms
Check out these clever designs for small bathrooms
7. In this space, the home office and guest room are linked by a chic glass-panelled pocket door that has a decorative quality in this white-dominated space. It allows the user to get absolute peace and privacy in the office even when guests are over; when pulled back it makes the living room look bigger. Also, the translucent door allows light to pass through both spaces.
8. I like how in this small bathroom, the slim opening to the WC area is closed off with a sliding door. It has a light visual impact, so it doesn’t make the space look smaller or crowded (imagine the effect of a fixed wooden door in comparison), allowing the sight lines to flow freely to the WC area and around. Also, a light, easy-to-open door like this wouldn’t let the user inside feel too claustrophobic.
10. This half-height pocket door is a smart solution for keeping out dogs or toddlers from busy, public areas. The good thing is that when shut, it doesn’t completely hide the pet or the baby from sight (in case of safety concerns) and when slid back, it ensures that the no portion of this door gets in anyone’s way.
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Read more:
5 Reasons to Get Internal Sliding Doors
Tell us:
Do you have pocket doors in your home? Do you find them useful? Share your thoughts in Comments below.